Fusion's Favorite Mobile Apps of 2014

Fusion's Favorite Mobile Apps of 2014

We surveyed our team about their mobile app use, asking everyone to pick their top three (intentionally excluding client apps from consideration).

It was a fun exercise, as there was much variety in the answers (no one picked the same ones, in fact there was very little overlap) and I learned about a few new apps in the process.

I also learned about new uses for existing apps, and more about the interests of some of our team members. Some were surprising – I did not know that Nicole is a sports nut, Annie loves podcasts, and Mark wakes up with a different ring tone every day!

Other apps were for navigating issues in daily life, e.g. a restaurant/bar tab splitter, food delivery app and Bible verses

Quite a few related to media: e.g. Flipboard, Spotify (who knew that you can use it to learn a new language?), Zedge, SoundHound, and Shazam.

Many of the apps were for communications, social media and food/entertainment/travel

Please see below for the responses from some of the team members:

Annie

Waze is my lifeline for getting through tricky L.A. traffic during rush hour

Stitcher has all of my favorite podcasts to keep me entertained (and sane) while maneuvering through LA traffic

Postmates, a great food delivery app

Sara

Flipboard is my go-to news source

Tab is a great to help with splitting the bill between friends

Spotify stores my favorite albums, artists and songs plus you can learn a new language or choose a playlist depending on your mood.

Mark

Zedge lets me download a ton of ringtones so I can wake up to a different song every day

Timehop shows me what I posted on Facebook on this date for the past five years. It’s fun to revisit my recent past

Soundhound and Shazam – when I hear a song that interests me, I open one of these apps and hold my phone up in the air… ten seconds later, I know what song it is, who it’s by – and sometimes even how bad the lyrics are.

Fehmida

Google Maps: Probably the one and only app I would be completely lost without

Snapchat: a fun and easy way for me to stay in touch with friends and family… it also helps perfect my caption and finger drawing skills.

WhatsApp: I use this app exclusively for group conversations; it is a great platform when making plans.

Nicole

The Bible app provides a daily verse, it is a great, positive way to start my day and gets some motivation going

Bleacher Report notifies me whenever there’s news about all the sports teams I follow and my favorite players… it incorporates social media buzz about topics related to these teams and players as well.

Echofon is a lot better than the Twitter app for Droid… It syncs with the Echofon app for Mac

Laura

Waze: I’m not sure I could handle Los Angeles driving without this app that I use at least twice a day every single day.

Yelp: Since I moved to a new city, I haven’t had a bad meal or service experience, and it’s all because of this app!